NEWARK — An 11-year-old boy was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot in the city’s West Ward tonight, police said.

A shooting in the 400 block of South 16th Street left the victim, identified only as a juvenile, suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg around 5:40 p.m., said Detective Hubert Henderson, a police spokesman.

He was taken to University Hospital in Newark, according to Henderson, and is expected to survive.

Officers on patrol nearby said they heard gunfire, and a gunshot detector in the area also picked up the shooting around 5:40 p.m., said Henderson.

Police were not able to provide further details on the shooting and had not identified a motive nor a suspect as of tonight.